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| Khatib Demands Syria U.N. Seat, Says People to Decide Who Will Rule Syria |
| 2013-03-27 |
| [An Nahar] Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib said Tuesday he had asked that NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... 's Patriot missile system be extended to protect rebel zones inside the war-torn country, as he took up Syria's seat in the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... for the first time. Launching into a fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... speech after leading a delegation into a Doha summit to thunderous applause from Arab leaders, Khatib also demanded that the opposition be allowed to represent Syria at the United Nations ...an organization whose definition of human rightsis interesting, to say the least... . "I have asked (U.S. Secretary of State) Mr. John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... during our meeting to provide Patriot (missile protection) that encompasses northern Syria, and he has promised to look into the matter,"Khatib told the summit. "We are still awaiting a decision from NATO on this matter." NATO's sole involvement in Syria's brutal civil war to date has been to position Patriot missile batteries along the Turkish border in order to prevent any air or missile launches from the Syrian side. Khatib, who threw the opposition into disarray by announcing his resignation on Sunday, made it clear that he was still firmly at the helm of the Syrian National Coalition, the main Syrian opposition umbrella grouping. Taking the seat reserved for the delegation head at the invitation of Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Khatib was flanked by other senior opposition figures including prime minister Ghassan Hitto. |
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